I just started out in EVE Online, and finished the beginner tutorial. Next, I got sent to another station with lots of agents to teach me more about combat, mining, etc.
I clicked on several of the agents and now see that each agent I talk to puts a mission offer in my journal. I didn't accept any missions. The offers expire in 7 days. I will never be able to do all those missions in 7 days. I understand I won't lose faction for letting them expire, but will I be able to reacquire the missions again after the offers expire? Since these are tutorial missions, I would hate to miss out on them.
Best Answer
Short answer: No consequences.
You can go back and get the mission at another time. They will send you a letter saying they are tired of waiting but even if you feel guilt from such a response, your character does not.
However, since missions are generated randomly at point of contact, you probably won't get the same mission by talking to the agent again, it will be random. Tutorial missions are probably a bit more forgiving however.
There is however a penalty for turning down a mission 4 hours after turning down that agent for a previous mission. This means that if you turn down a mission from an agent, you must wait 4 hours before turning down another mission or face standing loss. This obviously has no effect if you waited 7 days and the mission expired.
Just don't accept a mission that you don't want to complete.